colonizar

/ku.lu.ni.ˈzaɾ/

//ku.lu.ni.ˈzaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“colonizar” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #36,814. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,814
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - transformar em ou criar colônia

Corpus desk

Index PT-colonizar · colonizar · Portuguese

colonizar · rank #36,814 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,814
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH cisão

Nearest frequency peer: cisão (-8 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “colonizar”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “colonizar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

colonizar vs colónia
67% similar
colonizar vs colonial
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for colonizar
PropertyValue
Headwordcolonizar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ku.lu.ni.ˈzaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#36,814
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “colonizar”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.colonizarcai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “cisão” (#36,806), “conor” (#36,822), “chuto” (#36,804). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “colonizar” fica em #36,814. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around colonizar (IPA /ku.lu.ni.ˈzaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #36,814 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for colonizar, with forms such as "ccolonizar", "cloonizar", and "collonizar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "colónia", "colonial", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is colonizar, spelled C-O-L-O-N-I-Z-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    transformar em ou criar colônia
  2. 2
    estabelecer relação colonialista
  3. 3
    habitar na qualidade de colono

Antonyms

descolonizar

This word in other languages

colonize(English)coloniser(Français)kolonisieren(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccolonizar
  • cloonizar
  • collonizar
  • colnoizar
  • coloinzar
  • coloniazr
  • colonizarr
  • colonizra
  • colonizzar
  • colonnizar
  • colonziar
  • coolnizar
  • oclonizar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of colonizar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccolonizar1cloonizar2collonizar1colnoizar2coloinzar2coloniazr2colonizarr1colonizra2
Edit distance from "colonizar"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "colonizar"?
"colonizar" is spelled C-O-L-O-N-I-Z-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ku.lu.ni.ˈzaɾ/.
What does "colonizar" mean?
As a verb, "colonizar" means: transformar em ou criar colônia
What words are commonly confused with "colonizar"?
"colonizar" is commonly confused with "colónia", "colonial". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "colonizar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "colonizar" is /ku.lu.ni.ˈzaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "colonizar" come from?
"colonizar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "colonizar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

baboseira#36,765expertise#36,898fantasiar#36,905Hamburger#36,938

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

aminoácido13 variantsobstinado13 variantsretratação13 variantsabstract13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list